Peter Scheiber
Peter Scheiber | |
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Born | April 30, 1935 |
Died | January 18, 2023 Bloomington, Indiana, U.S. |
Alma mater | Oberlin Conservatory of Music |
Occupation | Founder of Scheiber quadraphonic system |
Peter Scheiber was a classically trained musician and audio engineer. He was considered to be the originator of multichannel matrix audio formats, a mathematical formula used to convert four audio channels into two and back again.
Scheiber was also the inventor of the 360-degree spatial decoder.
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As of October 2003, the 68-year-old Sheiber had more or less become a recluse for eight years due to his legal battle with Dolby Laboratories. This was over Dolby's development of a surround sound system for motion picture industry which was based on his invention. After some difficulties, he was able to secure some royalty payments from Dolby and Harman International which lasted from 1983 to late 1994. He received over a million dollars. The companies eventually stopped paying Scheiber as they claimed that the patents had expired and he wasn't due any more money. In June 2002, Seventh Circuit Appeals Judge Richard Posner ruled against him, which was his biggest defeat.
Scheiber was upset that Dolby and others were making millions from the technology he pioneered.[14]
Further reading
- The Herald Times, 12 Oct 2003 - Sounding off by Brian Werth
- Tampa Bay Times, Nov. 2, 2003 - SOUND RECOGNITION By DAVE SCHEIBER
- Justia US Law - Peter Scheiber, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Dolby Laboratories, Inc., and Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corp., Defendants-appellees, 293 F.3d 1014 (7th Cir. 2002)
- Indiana Audio Engineering Society, December 12, 2016 - An Evening with Peter Scheiber
- PS Audio, September, 2018 - Quadraphonic sound By Paul McGowan
References
- ^ Indianapolis Monthly, May 2007 - Page 103 - Sound Effects by Amy Wimmer Schwarb (See caption "Got them surrounded")
- Billboard, May 13, 1972 - Page 72 AES-Quadrasonic Dog Fight * Continued from page 1
- ^ The Herald Times, 12 Oct 2003 - Sounding off by Brian Werth
- ^ Justia US Law - Peter Scheiber, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Dolby Laboratories, Inc., and Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corp., Defendants-appellees, 293 F.3d 1014 (7th Cir. 2002)
- ^ Tampa Bay Times, Nov. 2, 2003 - SOUND RECOGNITION By DAVE SCHEIBER
- ^ Scheiber, Peter (December 1969). "Toward a More Accurate Spatial Environment". Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. 17 (6). AES: 690, 691.
- ^ Scheiber, Peter (November 1971). "Analyzing Phase-Amplitude Matrices". Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. 19 (10). AES: 835–839.
- ^ Audio Engineering Society, Chicago Section - Meeting Review, October 17, 2006
- ^ Indianapolis Monthly, May 2007 - Page 249 Sound Effects by Amy Wimmer Schwarb
- ^ Indianapolis Monthly, May 2007 - Page 102, 103 Sound Effects by Amy Wimmer Schwarb
- ^ Quad sound, reincarnated. (American inventors making money from Japanese televisions and stereos)
- ^ law.justia.com 293 F.3d 1014: Peter Scheiber, Plaintiff-appellant, v. Dolby Laboratories, Inc., and Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corp., Defendants-appellees
- ^ The Routledge Guide to Music Technology, By Thom Holmes - Fosgate, James, December 5, 1937-
- ^ The Herald Times, 12 Oct 2003 - Sounding off by Brian Werth